List of Jewish biblical figures

This is a list of Jewish biblical figures. == Hebrew Bible == Aaron, brother of Moses and Miriam, and the first High Priest Abigail, a prophetess who became a wife of King David Abishai, one of King David's generals and relative Abner, cousin of King Saul and commander of his army, assassinated by Yoav Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Judaism's "Three Patriarchs" Absalom, rebellious son of King David Al-Walid ibn Mus'ab Amram and Jochebed, both Levites, parents of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam Bathsheba, queen, wife of King David, and mother of King Solomon Boaz, husband of Ruth and ancestor of King David Daniel, prophet famous for surviving the lion's den Ezra, Nehemiah and Zerubbabel, prophets and leaders of the Babylonian captivity and Return to Zion Elijah and Elisha, important prophets who rebuked the kings of Israel Elkanah and Hannah, parents of the judge and prophet Samuel Esther and Mordechai, Persian queen, and her cousin, saviors of the Jews on Purim Gedaliah, last governor of Judea appointed by Babylonians, (assassinated) Gershom and Eliezer, Moses and Zipporah's sons Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah (fellow exiles with and friends of Daniel) were thrown into a furnace by Nebuchadnezzar, yet survived "without the smell of smoke" Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, the Twelve Minor Prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, the Major Prophets Jeroboam, Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zimri, Omri, Ahab, Ahaziah, Jehoram, Jehu, Jehoahaz, Jehoash, Jeroboam II, Zachariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah, Hoshea, the kings of the northern Kingdom of Israel Jethro, a priest of Midian, Zipporah's father, and father-in-law of Moses, became a convert after Mt.

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